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10 March 2017 | 19 replies
They may have no construction sense, and think the roof may collapse.
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17 November 2015 | 21 replies
My properties were mostly purchase at the collapse of the housing market and my partner and I put all the sweat equity into them.
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29 September 2016 | 15 replies
However, Houston's economy is much more diversified than when the oil price collapse of the 80s took out their economy.
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15 September 2016 | 26 replies
In that case you could go with a place like the Perth (Australia) Mint that can hold the bullion for you (if you trust that the system wont entirely collapse in the next downturn).
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20 September 2016 | 4 replies
Did a few deals, make a little money, then the industry collapsed (at least for newbie agents, and mortgage brokers).
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12 March 2016 | 31 replies
All it would take is one non profit that focuses on recouping home seller losses and the wholesaling system would collapse.
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23 January 2009 | 15 replies
Soon, enough cards will be removed that the entire house of cards will collapse.
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12 May 2022 | 20 replies
The entire middle of the roof had collapsed and it was filled with mold.
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19 December 2016 | 30 replies
You can't get those returns anywhere, not even in a Ponzi scheme before it collapses.
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28 December 2016 | 11 replies
Probably lucky for me the roof collapsed before I could close on it.